Burlington TownshipIL
A town of 1,780, settled in 1846.
Is Burlington Township a good place to live?
The best of Burlington Township’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for schools and health. On hazard risk, just 44 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve, at 825 acres with 4.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Burlington Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Burlington Township stand out
Where Burlington Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Burlington Township for work
Where Burlington Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Burlington Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Burlington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Allstate Arena and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Burlington Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi Stadium & arenaAllstate Arena
Big draw39 mi Theme parkSix Flags Great America3.0M visitors a year
14 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
34 mi MuseumMcDonald's #1 Store Museum
39 mi Zoo & aquariumBrookfield Zoo
28 mi MuseumMorton ArboretumPhoto credits
Allstate Arena: Nkon21, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Great America: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0 · Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · McDonald's #1 Store Museum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Brookfield Zoo: Ronincmc, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morton Arboretum: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Burlington Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Burlington Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Burlington Township.
Burlington Township is healthier than 85% of U.S. towns
Burlington Township beats the Illinois average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of Burlington Township adults binge drink, above both the Illinois town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 30% of adults have high blood pressure in Burlington Township.
| Burlington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Burlington Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 13.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Burlington Township home is worth about $423K
The typical Burlington Township home is worth about $423,000, up 5.1% in a year, 43% above the Illinois typical home. 93% of Burlington Township households own their home, against 75% in Illinois’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
| Burlington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 93% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,250 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Burlington Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Burlington Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Burlington Township for work: only 5% work in town. Burlington Township’s median household income is $124,000. The top destinations are Chicago (11%), Elgin (8%) and St.
| Burlington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Burlington Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Burlington Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 14° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Illinois’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. The median age in Burlington Township is 44.7 years. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Burlington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.7 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Burlington Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.2% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.9% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Burlington Township has set aside 4.6% of its land for conservation
7.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Burlington Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve | 4.7 mi | 825 |
| 2. Cardinal Creek Forest Preserve | — | 327 |
| 3. Panther Field | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Burlington Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Burlington Township
About 3 of every 100 Burlington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Burlington Township
Village in Illinois, United States
Burlington is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 429 as of 2022 estimates. It was incorporated as a village on November 6, 1990.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 7.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 925 ft
- ZIP code
- 60109
Burlington Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Burlington Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | A |
| Plato Township | #60 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
| Hampshire Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sycamore Township | #227 | A− | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Virgil Township | — | — | C | — | A− | A− |
Burlington Township and Virgil Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Burlington Township, Plato Township, Sycamore Township and Virgil Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Hampshire Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Burlington Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Burlington Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Burlington Township, IL expensive?
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.